• The Home Counties - especially Essex - had been particularly badly hit, it said.

    BBC: Snow leads to crashes and delays in parts of UK

  • Detectives also made arrests in houses and hotels in other parts of London and the Home Counties.

    BBC: 1968: Krays held on suspicion of murder

  • His success rests on a personal brand that lies halfway between metropolitan liberal and Home Counties conservative.

    ECONOMIST: David Cameron did not start as he means to go on

  • As well as identifying places in the home counties for evacuation, places suitable for becoming temporary mortuaries are also being identified.

    BBC: Parts of London could be evacuated in the event of an attack

  • The politician, with a Home Counties constituency and a 'county lady' dress sense, has revealed that she has received invitations that were intended for a namesake - Teresa May, a 'glamour model' and dancer.

    BBC: The other side of Theresa May

  • The home counties will not like it.

    ECONOMIST: Concrete is coming to a building site near you

  • At business questions on 3 February 2011, Ben Wallace, MP for Wyre and Preston North, said the change would allow MPs that live further afield than the Home Counties, in the north, Scotland and Shropshire, to get back to their constituency before midnight.

    BBC: MP calls for earlier Commons sitting hours

  • Many of the top 25 counties that showed the greatest support for HRC's campaign were home to college towns, such as Washtenaw County, home of the University of Michigan and at 6.2% the county with the largest increase in profile photo changes, as well as the home counties of the University of North Carolina, Duke University, Indiana University, the University of Colorado and the University of Texas.

    CNN: SHARE THIS

  • St Clears, Cynwyl Elfed and Llangunnor community councils were among those campaigning for Nantyci, home to the United Counties Show, on the outskirts of Carmarthen.

    BBC: NEWS | UK | Wales | South West Wales | Market town wins Urdd tug-of-war

  • Hattiesburg, which straddles Forrest and Lamar counties, is home to the University of Southern Mississippi.

    CNN: Tornado tears through southern Mississippi

  • The state is home to the three richest counties in the country: Loudoun, Fairfax and Arlington, all in the suburbs of Washington.

    ECONOMIST: Swing states: Virginia

  • The inland southern counties are agricultural, home to an immense and profitable citrus industry, and tend to vote Republican.

    ECONOMIST: The swing states: Florida

  • For years, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, which are home to the Inland Empire, led California in population growth and home construction, as thousands of families escaping skyrocketing home prices in neighboring Los Angeles County swarmed into the region.

    WSJ: Road Project Tests Power of Stimulus

  • "Obama continues to maintain a 'home field advantage' in the southern Wisconsin counties that border Illinois, " Holland said.

    CNN: Obama gaining in 5 battleground states, polls say

  • He employed more than 8, 000 people worldwide, but the majority of the jobs were based near his home, bringing much needed employment to the border counties of Fermanagh and Cavan.

    BBC: Quinn protesters block Derrylin factory entrance

  • At the height of his success Sean Quinn Sr employed more than 8, 000 people worldwide, but the majority of the jobs were based near his home, bringing much needed employment to the border counties of Fermanagh and Cavan.

    BBC: Sean Quinn Jr 'intends to purge contempt'

  • It effectively created two 'Home Rule' states by partitioning Ireland into the six counties of Protestant majority in the north east - Northern Ireland - and the rest of Ireland - Southern Ireland.

    BBC: N. Ireland Politics

  • Buoyed by polls predicting at least 70 seats for Fine Gael in the 166-seat Dail, Enda Kenny spent Thursday in counties Donegal and Sligo, before returning to his home in Castlebar, Mayo.

    BBC: Irish parties pull out the stops on last day of race

  • Meanwhile, in the Hereward Teamware United Counties League Knockout Cup, the Linnets have been drawn at home to Daventry United or Bourne Town while in the reserve competition Lynn entertain St Neots, with the winners facing either AFC Kempston or Bugbrooke.

    BBC: King's Lynn boss prepares new-look side

  • The majority of Kentucky's 120 counties are still dry or partially dry, despite the state being home to some of the world's best-known liquor brands, such as Jim Beam and Maker's Mark bourbon.

    BBC: The slow death of prohibition

  • Even as the city itself has enjoyed strong job and population growth, the biggest increases have taken place in suburban outposts outside city limits, like Williamson, Bastrop and Hays counties, as well as parts of Travis, the county that is home to Austin.

    FORBES: New Geographer

  • Racine and Kenosha counties historically have had a strong union presence, but in recent years they have become home to increasingly affluent white-collar communities as well.

    CNN: Debate reaction from a hotly contested state

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